Iran Claims Capture of US Drone

Tehran has claimed it captured an
American spy drone after the aircraft
entered its airspace, Iran's Press TV
reports. The US Navy and the White House
denied the claim, saying that none of
Washington's drones in the Gulf region
were lost. In response to a journalist's
question about the allegations, White
House spokesman Jay Carney said, "We
have no evidence that the Iranian claims
you cite are true." "All our active
unmanned aerial vehicles working here
have been accounted for," US 5th Fleet
spokesperson Commander Jason Salata said
earlier. In response, Iranian
Revolutionary Guard spokesperson
Brigadier General Ramezan Sharif advised
US commanders to count their drones
again. "Its capture is not an issue the
Americans can easily refute," Sharif
said. The Iranian media even showed the
video footage of the ScanEagle, claiming
it was that very flying object Iran
captured. It is not the first time that
US drones have been brought down in
Iran. Tehran earlier reported about at
least dozens instances of American spy
drones shut down since the US invasions
of Iraq and Afghanistan.

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